Laundry device



Oct. 13, 1931. N. STRAMAGLIA 1,827,678

LAUNDRY DEVICE Filed Nov. 18, 1929 INVENTOR 19/5 ATTORNEY Patented Oct.13, 1931 .NIWLA STRAMAGLIA, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS LAUNDRY DEVICEApplication filed November 18, 1929. Serial No. 408,024.

This invention relates to certain novel improvements in laundry devicesand has for its principal object the provision of an improvedconstruction of this character which will be highly eflicient in use andeconomical in manufacture.

The salient object of my invention is provide a laundry device whichwill facilitate the handling of clothes for drying pur- 1 poses and thelike.

Another object of the invention is to provide an arrangement of theabove described character which may be used in connection with acentrifugal clothes drying apparatus which will embody an arrangementthat will greatly facilitate the positioning of the clothes'carryingmember in such an apparatus. 1

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

' The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement ofparts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings,

showing the preferred form of construction and in which:

Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view of a preferred form of constructionfor my nvention Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view takensubstantially on the line 2-2 on Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional'view taken substantially on the line 33 on Fig. 2;I

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken substantmlly on the line 4-4 on Fig. 3,the clothes carrying member having been removed;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken substantlally on the line 55 on Fig. 3;and

Fig. 6 is a detail view of the lower rtlon of the clothes handlingmember showmg the lower portion thereof in released position.

In the accompanying drawings wherein I have illustrated the preferredform of construction for my invention, 10 indicates a centrifugal drierof standard construction and my invention is intended to be associatedwith such a drier arrangement. The centrifu a1 drier includes acylindrical wall 11 and 8%)01110111 wall 12. Suitable drive means arearranged in the housing 13 that is disposed below the wall 12 and adriving shaft 14 extends through the wall 12 upwardly into the areadefined by the wall 11. A spacing collar 15 is arranged around the shaft14 above the wall 12 and arranged above this spacing 001- lar 15 andfixed to the shaft 14 to be rotatable therewith is a circular plate 16.Extending upwardly from the circular plate 16 above the shaft 14 is aconical member 17. The i above construction is typical of the type withwhich my invention is intended to be associated but it is to beunderstood that my invention is not limited to usage with suchstructures as it may be used in connection wlth other similar deviceswithout departing from the purview of my invention.

Arranged above the circular plate 16 is another plate 18 which has acentral opening therein receiving the conical member 17. The a plate 18is fixed to the plate 16 to be rotatable therewith. Extending upwardlyfrom the pe ripheral edges of the plate 18 is a cylindrical wall 19 thatis arranged interiorly of and spaced from the wall 11. This wall 19 ispreferably made from a suitable wire mesh material for a purpose to beset forth present ly. The late 18 and the wall 19 are intended to erotatable with the rotatable portions of the drier apparatus, it beingmanifest that the wall 11 is a stationary portion 8 of this drierapparatus.

At spaced apart intervals as, for example, at ninety degree intervals,channel shaped guide members 20 are fixed to the inner surface of thewall -19. These channel shaped 5 guide members have the openings thereindirected inwardly of the wall 19 and the utility thereof will be setforth-presently. The upper end of one of the guide members 20'isillustrated in detail in Fig. 4 and, by referring to this view, it maybe seen that the guiding portions thereof are flared outwardly asindicated at 21 to increase the width of the channel portion 22 of theguide members.

My invention as described herein is intended to be used in connectionwith a drying basket. One form of such a drying basket is described andclaimed in my 00- ending application Ser. No. 396,856, filed 1n theUnited States Patent Office on or about October 2, 1929. 'Sucha dryingbasket is gen-' erically indicated by 23 in the accom anying drawingsand includes a substantial y cylindrical wall 24 that is bent inwardlyat its upper end to provide a flange-25. The wall 24 is preferablytapered so that the end portion thereof opposite that provided with theflange 25 will be of greater width. than the portion thereof adjacentsaid flange 25. At the lower of the drier structure in the manner tmbeset forth presently. A securing band 29 is directed through the variousrings 27 and serves to secure the rings 27 adjacent the lower end of themember 28 as is clearly illustrated in Fig. 2. The ends of the securingband are knotted as indicated at 30 for a purpose to be set forthpresently.

In order to mount the basket 23 in the drier apparatus the followingarrangement is pro vided. At spaced apart intervals, correspond ingto-the spacing of the guide members 20, tapered guide ribs'31 aresecured to the outer surface of the wall 24. .As best illustrated inFig. 3, thelower ends of these guide members are preferably pointed asindicated at 32 for a purpose'to be set forth presently.

At the upper end of the flange 25 chains v33 are arranged. A suitableconnecting member is attached to the chains 33 and to the ring 34 thatis connected to the loop 35 provided at the upper end of the conicalmember 28. Therefore the conical member 28 and the basket structure 23may be simultaneously lifted when attachment is made to the memberconnected to the chains 33 and the ring 34. An arrangement foraccomplishing this is clearly set forthin my co-pending applicationhereinbefore referred to.

In use the mesh sections 26 are secured to the lower end of the conicalmember 28 in the manner set forth and clothes are introduced into thebasket 23 and are supported therein ,on the mesh sections 26 which willincline 1 upwardly as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1.

attachment member will then be connected the chains 33 and the ring 34and therefore the basket'23 filled with clothes will be read- :ilytransported. A device for facilitating the transportation of such anarrangement is set forth in the above referred to co-pending Yapplication. The clothes introduced into the basket 23 may be forexample those removed from a washing machine and will therefore be waterladen. The basket 23 carrying the water laden clothes will then betransferred to a' drying machine of the ty e indicated by 10 and thebasket 23 will be 11 ed into a position above such a drier. As thebasket is lowered the flared portions 21 co-operate with the pointedportions 32 to facilitatethe guiding of the tapered ribs 31 into thechannels 22 of the guide members 23. As the basket is lowered theconical member 17 enters the conical member 28 and the ribs 31 pass downthrough the channels 22. It is therefore manifest that the basket 23will be connected to the wall 19 in avery effective manner. Both thewall 24 and the wall 19 are formed from wire mesh material, or areotherwise provided with a plurality of openings, and therefore as thedevice is rotated at high speed water will be forced from the clothingin the basket 23 and will pass out into the area of the drier providedby the walls 11 and 12. The upper portion of the wall ll isfiaredinwardly as indicated at 36, to prevent water from passing upwardly andout of the drying ap aratus. A drainarrangement 37 is provided topermitthe drawing of of the water extracted from the clothes. I

After the above described operation has been carried out the attachmentmember will again be connected to the chains 33. The

basket 23 may then be lifted from the drier and therefore the inner endportions of the sections 26 will be moved from engagement with theconical member 28 and will assume a downwardly inclined position. Thiswill facilitate access to the knot 30, which may be untied after theclothes have been disposed over a. sorting table or the like, andtherefore the sections 26 will pass from supporting pos1t1on into aposition substantially similar to that depicted in full lines in Fig. 6.Since the sections 26 will thenbe out of supporting position and byreason of the outward inch nation of the walls 24 it is manifest thatthe clothes will fall from the basket 23 in an unimpeded manner.

The conical me ber 28 will be removed from the drier structnr'e afterthe above described operations have been carried out, and therefore theinner end portions of the sections 26 may again -be connected thereto,and the hereintofore described operations may then again be carried out.

While I have illustrated and described preferred form. of constructionfor carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation andmodification, without depart-- ing from the spirit of the invention. 1,therefore, do not wish to be limited tothe precise detailsofconstruction set-forth, but desire to avail myself of such variationsand modi v fications'as come within the scope of the ap pended claims. IHaving thusdescribed my invention what I claim as new and desire toprotect by Letters Patent is:

- 1. In laundry apparatus, a basket having an open bottom, sections ofmaterial each having a free end and an end attached to said basket, anda member in said basket to which said free ends may be removablyattached to close said bottom.

2. In combination with a centrifugal drying apparatus including astationary housing and a basket structure rotatably mounted insaid'housing, a drying basket adapted :to-be disposed within androtatable with said first namedbasket and having a releasable bottom,means for connecting said releasable bottom to a member slidably fittedover means carried by said first named basket, means for connecting saiddrying basket to said first named basket, and means slidably engageableby said member when said basket is disposed in said drying apparatus.

3. In combination with a centrifugal drier including a stationaryhousing, a basket structure rotatably mounted in saidhousing, meansproviding guiding slots atxradial intervals on the inner wall of saidbasket structure, a dryin basket, and ribs on said drying basket slidaby engageable in themeans providing said slots on said first named basketfor detachably connecting said drying basket to said first named basket.

4. In combination with a centrifugal drier including a stationaryhousing, a supporting basket rotatably mounted in said housing, acentrally located guiding and supporting member in said basket androtatable therewith, a drying basket, a releasable bottom structure forsaid dryin basket, means for connecting said releasab e bottom structureto a hollow member slidably insertable over said guiding and supportingmember, and means for connecting said drying basket to said supportingbasket with said supporting and guiding member disposed within saidhollow member.

5. In combination with a centrifugal drier having rotatable portionsincluding a centrally located guiding element, a supporting basketconnected to said rotatable portions about said sup orting member, adrying basket, a releasable bottom structure for said drying basket,means for connecting said releasable bottom structure to a hollowmember,

' and means for connecting said drying basket to said supporting basketwith the sup ortin member of said rotatable portions ispose within saidhollow member, said last named means including substantially channel shad guide members on' said supporting bask t, and tapered guiding ribs onsaid drying'basket, said channel shaped guiding members and said guidingportions for. facilitating the insertion of sai guiding ribs into saidguide members.

6. A device of the character stated inribs having co-operatin eluding adrying basket having a tapered wall disposed with the wider the lowerend of said has et, a plurality of mesh sections arranged at the lowerend of said wall, and means for interconnecting said mesh sections toprovide a bottom for said basket. i

7. In laundry apparatus, a basket havin an open bottom, sections ofmaterial eac having a free end and an end attached to said basket, amember in said basket to which -said"free ends may be removably attachedto close said bottom, and rotative means for supporting said member insaid basket and rtion thereof at W

